Check-book.



P. H. BENNETT.

CHECK BOOK.

APPLICATION HLED JAN-20.1916.

1,190,503. 11111111 July 11, 11111.

PAUL H. BENNETT, 0F PARIS, TEXAS.

CHECK-1300K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July ill, 19116.

Application filed January 20, 1916. Serial No. 73,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL H. BENNETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paris, in the county of Lama-r and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Books, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in check books, and moreparticularly to a book of this character adapted to be assembled orbound by unskilled labor. The various parts of the book, including thechecks, can be furnished to a bank or like institution. The bank canhave the name of a customer printed on the proper number of checks, andthe bank can then bind said checks or assemble them within the binder,and turn the same over to the customer. When the checks have beendetached the stubs remain within the binder and the device then forms aconvenient receipt book.

The invention consists especially in the manner of constructing thebinder for the checks, and of attaching said binder to the usual pressboard outer covers, or backs, and for holding the same againstaccidental detachment.

The invention also consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, the back or cover being raised, andpartly broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the book.Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the binder for the stubs. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the check book backs or covers, in open position,with pivoted clamping devices attached.

In the drawings 1 designates the upper lid and 2 the bottom lid of acheck book cover of the usual kind, and of any desired material orconstruction. The lining 3 on the inner face of the lid 2 is securedalong three edges only being open along the edge a. This liningtherefore forms a pocket the use of which will be explained hereafter.Suitable clamping devices 5 are pivoted to the lid 2, adjacent the backof the book, and these members are in the form of flat plates havingcorner flanges 5 and form binder receiving sockets as will be hereafterexplained.

The checks are secured within a suitable case, or holder connected tothe stubs and which after the checks have been detached forms apermanent binder for said stubs and makes it very convenient to filethem away for future reference. This consists of a folding binder 6adapted to cover both one edge and both bottom and top of the stubs whenchecks are detached. The stubs with checks attached are bound in thebinder 6, which is suitably reinforced, by eyelets 8, and on the back ofthe stubs and resting on the outer face of the binder 6, is a tongue 7of comparatively stiff material. This tongue is separate from the cover6 and when the parts are to be assembled is slipped into the pocketformed by the lining 3. The tongue is also secured in place by theeyelets 8 as clearly shown.

After the checks and stubs have been placed in the lids 1 and 2 and thetongue 7 inserted in the pocket, the clamps 5 are turned to lielongitudinally with respect to the lids and form retaining sockets forthe corners of the stubs, preventing removal of the tongue from thepocket, until the clamps have been moved into an open position. When thestubs are to be put away the binder 6 folds over onto the upper face ofthe top stub, so that said binder forms'a casing for the-stubs. A newset of checks and a new binder can then be inserted in place between thelids 1 and 2.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with cover lids one of which has a pocket formed inits inner face, of a binder receiving stubs of checks, and a tongue ofcomparatively stiff material secured to the back of said binder andentering said pocket.

2. The combination with rigid cover lids, one of which has on its innerface a pocket, of a binder secured to the stubs of checks and adapted tofold over the same when the checks are detached and a stiff tonguesecured to the back of said binder and entering the pocket, andfastening means securing the binder to the stubs and the tongue thepocket, the corners of the stubs resting to the binder. in said socketswhen said tongue has been 3. In a check book cover, lids united by ainserted in the pocket, as and for the pur- 10 flexible back, pivotedsockets carried by one pose set forth. 5 of said lids, a pocket beingformed in the In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

same lid, a binder for check stubs, and a tongue secured to said binderand entering PAUL H. BENNETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0'.

